Not quite sure what you're getting at here. As you discovered, if you have
$Thing = array(5,6,7,8);
and you 'echo $Thing;' you get 'Array.' However, in this case, you
know the variable name already - $Thing!
Are you thinking more along these lines:
$ArrayName = 'Thing';
$$ArrayName = array(5,6,7,8);
now,
echo $ArrayName;==> Thing
echo $$ArrayName; ==> Array
echo ${$ArrayName}[0]; ==> 5
See
http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.variables.variable.php
for more info.
-steve
At 1:03 PM -0700 7/9/01, Dallas K. wrote:
>I need to echo the NAME of an array to the browser. when I try
>this all I get is "Array". when I try to : echo $$array_name; I
>get nothing.
>
>How can I get the NAME of an array to the browser?
>
>Thanks.
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